/ Apr 28, 2026
Trending
Emonews
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of 62-year-old Victoria Dyer Celestine, better known as ‘Roseau Girl.’ She passed away among close friends and family on May 29th, 2024. Originally from the community of Bense and Granbay, she resided in Cay Hill, St. Maarten. She will be greatly missed and always remembered as a God-fearing strong woman and phenomenal mother and grandmother.
Reflection service to be held at the Ephesus SDA Church, Belvedere SXM on Monday June 3rd 6pm-9pm.
Memorial Service to be held at the Ephesus SDA Church, Belvedere SXM, Monday June 4th 1 pm-2:30 (Viewing & Tributes), 2:30- service begins.
She leaves to morn:
Her husband: Jacob ‘Oliver’ Celestine
Her grandchildren: Le’Andre ‘Thaddeus’ Peters, Delaney Celestine, and Abigail Celestine
Her daughters: Niyesha Celestine, and Valeska Celestine
Her son: Curtis Celestine
Her Daughter in Law: Zetma Dupuis
Step mother: Andrezine “ Aunty Sheen’ Dyer
Adopted Sister: Elizabeth “Fee’ Samuel
Her sisters: Theresa ‘Nomen’ Carabin, Flora Thomas, Ivinia Colaire, Paulette ‘Vanda’ Joseph, Sheila ‘Davina’ Paul, and Janillia Royer
Her brothers: Skeith Theodore, and Ashley Thomas
Her sisters-in-law: Tia Thomas, Francilia Jacob and Vanya Loblack
Her brother-in-law: Renolson Leblanc, Ennoc Jacob, Vincent Colaire, Ebert Joseph, and Lawrence Royer
Her uncles: Joseph ‘Uncle Bad Boy’ Lee
Her aunties: Florence lee, and Josephine Paul
Her nieces/inlaws: Claudia, Denis, Mary, Francisca, Joanie, Latoia, Brinda, Leandra, Lilia, Desma, Gina, Vincia, Kedisha, Janelle, Joy, and Joyette
Her nephews/inlaws: Aly, Robert, Laurent, Wayne, Lick, Pastor James, Garth, Giovani, Roger, Leroy, Laury, Josephus, McDonald, Everton, and Nyron
Her grand-nieces: Hon. Lakeyia Joseph, Jada, Djanie, Kyara, Alissa, Maelle, Roxanne, Laurel, Kayanne, Shanice, Khalma, Jessica, Kayla, Elyanna, Renoya, Ishemya, Renisha
Her grand- nephews: Robert jr., Asheel, Nicolas, Mccoy, Jamieson, Luidgy, Quade, Leshawn, Liquan, Kelly, Michael, Lenny
Special Friends and Cousins: Corinne and Richard Margulies, Pandora Phillip, Tessa David, Bianca George, Alice Flanders, Miranda Marcelino, Panora Philip, Roy Tongs, Pamela Xavier, Tyan Bedminster, and Fuego Dinero.
Family Friends: Honorable Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, Dino & Brenda Arrundell, Valda & Pullie Charles, and Jessica Toulon
Special mentions: Ephesus SDA Church members, Coral Beach Club and Oyster-bay beach club staff.
Many more names to numerous to mention.
Funeral Service to be held at the Bense SDA church in Dominica. Funeral date/time to be shared in subsequent announcements.
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of 62-year-old Victoria Dyer Celestine, better known as ‘Roseau Girl.’ She passed away among close friends and family on May 29th, 2024. Originally from the community of Bense and Granbay, she resided in Cay Hill, St. Maarten. She will be greatly missed and always remembered as a God-fearing strong woman and phenomenal mother and grandmother.
Reflection service to be held at the Ephesus SDA Church, Belvedere SXM on Monday June 3rd 6pm-9pm.
Memorial Service to be held at the Ephesus SDA Church, Belvedere SXM, Monday June 4th 1 pm-2:30 (Viewing & Tributes), 2:30- service begins.
She leaves to morn:
Her husband: Jacob ‘Oliver’ Celestine
Her grandchildren: Le’Andre ‘Thaddeus’ Peters, Delaney Celestine, and Abigail Celestine
Her daughters: Niyesha Celestine, and Valeska Celestine
Her son: Curtis Celestine
Her Daughter in Law: Zetma Dupuis
Step mother: Andrezine “ Aunty Sheen’ Dyer
Adopted Sister: Elizabeth “Fee’ Samuel
Her sisters: Theresa ‘Nomen’ Carabin, Flora Thomas, Ivinia Colaire, Paulette ‘Vanda’ Joseph, Sheila ‘Davina’ Paul, and Janillia Royer
Her brothers: Skeith Theodore, and Ashley Thomas
Her sisters-in-law: Tia Thomas, Francilia Jacob and Vanya Loblack
Her brother-in-law: Renolson Leblanc, Ennoc Jacob, Vincent Colaire, Ebert Joseph, and Lawrence Royer
Her uncles: Joseph ‘Uncle Bad Boy’ Lee
Her aunties: Florence lee, and Josephine Paul
Her nieces/inlaws: Claudia, Denis, Mary, Francisca, Joanie, Latoia, Brinda, Leandra, Lilia, Desma, Gina, Vincia, Kedisha, Janelle, Joy, and Joyette
Her nephews/inlaws: Aly, Robert, Laurent, Wayne, Lick, Pastor James, Garth, Giovani, Roger, Leroy, Laury, Josephus, McDonald, Everton, and Nyron
Her grand-nieces: Hon. Lakeyia Joseph, Jada, Djanie, Kyara, Alissa, Maelle, Roxanne, Laurel, Kayanne, Shanice, Khalma, Jessica, Kayla, Elyanna, Renoya, Ishemya, Renisha
Her grand- nephews: Robert jr., Asheel, Nicolas, Mccoy, Jamieson, Luidgy, Quade, Leshawn, Liquan, Kelly, Michael, Lenny
Special Friends and Cousins: Corinne and Richard Margulies, Pandora Phillip, Tessa David, Bianca George, Alice Flanders, Miranda Marcelino, Panora Philip, Roy Tongs, Pamela Xavier, Tyan Bedminster, and Fuego Dinero.
Family Friends: Honorable Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, Dino & Brenda Arrundell, Valda & Pullie Charles, and Jessica Toulon
Special mentions: Ephesus SDA Church members, Coral Beach Club and Oyster-bay beach club staff.
Many more names to numerous to mention.
Funeral Service to be held at the Bense SDA church in Dominica. Funeral date/time to be shared in subsequent announcements.
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy.
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy.
The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making
The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English. Many desktop publishing packages and web page editors now use Lorem Ipsum as their default model text, and a search for ‘lorem ipsum’ will uncover many web sites still in their infancy.
We’re excited to introduce Emonew, Dominica’s fresh new source for general country news. From community updates to national stories, we’re here to keep you informed, connected, and up to date.
Copyright Emonews 2025